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In Hebrew, this word means "dedication".
What is Chanukah?
100
This is an African festival of family unity that is celebrated during December.
What is Kwanzaa?
100
This forms when water vapor in the atmosphere freezes into ice crystals.
What is snow?
100
This took place from Feburary 10 to 28, 2010 in Vancouver, Canada.
What are the 2010 Winter Olympics?
100
These are the lyrics to this song: "It’s the most beautiful time of the year Lights fill the streets spreading so much cheer I should be playing in the winter snow"
What are the lyrics to "Mistletoe" by Justin Bieber?
200
In 1836, Alabama was the first state to recognize this day as a holiday.
What is Christmas?
200
This is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. It falls on different dates each year, between January 21 and February 20.
What is Chinese New Year?
200
The largest snowflake on record measured approximately this many centimetres in diameter, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.
What is 38 centimetres (approximately 40 centimetres)?
200
The opening and closing ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympics were held in this venue.
What is BC Place?
200
"I have a little dreidel. I made it out of clay. When it's dry and ready, then dreidel I shall play. ________________________________________"
What is "Oh dreidel, dreidel, dreidel, I made it out of clay"?
300
In the Ukraine, it is considered good luck to find this insect on the Christmas tree.
What is a spider?
300
This event initiated in i920 when a small number of hardy swimmers took the plunge into English Bay on New Year's Day.
What is the Vancouver Polar Bear Swim?
300
Approximately this percent of the Earth's land surface is covered in permanent snow and ice.
What is 12 percent?
300
Canada won this many gold medals at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
What are 14 gold medals?
300
This is a song written by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey and Walter Afanasieff, and recorded by Carey. It was released by Columbia Records on November 1, 1994.
What is "All I Want for Christmas is You"?
400
This American state grows more Christmas trees than any other state.
What is Oregon?
400
This is the most popular New Years resolution in the United States.
What is "to lose weight"?
400
Chionophobia means this.
What is "the fear of snow"?
400
Canada is the world leader in this sport and has won 27 of a possible 42 Men's World Championships.
What is curling?
400
This is the second most performed Christmas song in the USA.
What is "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"?
500
Christmas cards were introduced by Hallmark in this year.
What is 1915?
500
Santa's sleigh is led by these nine reindeer.
Who are Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer?
500
An average snowflake is made up of this many water molecules.
What is 180 billion water molecules?
500
This is one of the 'ice sports' on the Winter Olympic Games program. This extreme sport requires individuals to ride a small sled down a frozen track while lying face down and forward facing.
What is skeleton?
500
On this day of Christmas, my true love gave to me ladies dancing.
What is the ninth day?
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